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GeForce GTX 1060 vs GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1060
VS
GeForce GTX 1050
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
GP107

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB with 10 pipelines and 1280 shaders against the 3 months newer GTX 1050 2 GB that utilizes 5 pipelines and 640 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
6 GB GDDR5
VS
2 GB GDDR5
9.9
(Bad)
Value Index
15.3
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1050 over GTX 1060
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 2.5x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 27 vs 11 FPS
  • 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (4.4 vs 1.9 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Achieves 91% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (39K vs 20K)
  • Has 71% higher memory bandwidth: 192.2 vs 112.1 GB/s
  • Has 2x more shading units (1280 vs 640)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 14 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1060
vs
GTX 1050

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
68
37
29
16
21
11
10
-
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
15
15
11
-
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
37
21
14
-
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
24
24
12
-
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
14
12
9
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
38
32
22
13
28
21
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
12
-
-
-
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
-
11
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
23
17
11
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 50 21
1080p Ultra 37 15
1440p Ultra 27 11
4K Ultra 13 -
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1060 +123%
4085
GTX 1050
1828
Time Spy 4203 1739
Solar Bay 11278 -
Port Royal 844 -
Fire Strike 13132 6772
Wild Life Extreme 8510 3881
Night Raid 54686 27079
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1060 +91%
39230
GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur 100.2 img/sec 52.5 img/sec
Face Detection 48.1 img/sec 24.9 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.54 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.25 Gpixels/sec 1.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.58 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.25 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 136.9 Gpixels/sec 65.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 4220.5 FPS 1832.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
GTX 1060 +17%
2586
GTX 1050
2216

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1060 +98%
10026
GTX 1050
5051
G2D Mark 737 458
DirectX 11 72 FPS 38 FPS
DirectX 12 37 FPS 21 FPS
GPU Compute 4246 Ops/s 2111 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 48280 & 25947 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1060 +121%
375.82
GTX 1050
169.88
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 936 & 256 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1060 +78%
6580
GTX 1050
3704
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1060 +104%
6649
GTX 1050
3258
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1060 +78%
4804
GTX 1050
2694
Image Classification (SP) 1462 1249
Image Segmentation (HP) 3872 1833
Image Super Resolution (Q) 8136 3934
Face Detection (HP) 6356 3004
Pose Estimation (Q) 33181 14474
Text Classification (SP) 1806 1249
Machine Translation (HP) 3149 1857
Object Detection (SP) 2096 1624
Depth Estimation (Q) 10515 5567
Style Transfer (SP) 67831 24188
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1060 and GTX 1050

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released July 19, 2016 October 25, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $109
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Pascal
GPU Codename GP106 GP107
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 - GeForce GTX 1650
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 7700 or above - Intel Core i5 7400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (83rd and 91st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1506 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1709 MHz 1455 MHz
Shading Units 1280 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 10 5
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 48KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1536KB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 GPixel/s 47 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTexel/s 58 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1060 +132%
4.4 TFLOPS
GTX 1050
1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 120 W 75 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 16 nm 14 nm
Die Size 200 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor Count 4 billion 3 billion
Transistor Density 20 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 2 GB
Memory Clock 2002 MHz 1752 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 7000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1060 +71%
192.2 GB/s
GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.
Notes on GTX 1050:
    - You can also find models with either 3GB or 4GB of memory.

Cast your vote

Choose between two graphics cards
8 (88.9%)
1 (11.1%)
Total votes: 9

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